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Philip Mudd joins “The Situation Room” to share his thoughts on Donald Trump’s transition from candidate to president, referring to it as a “clown show” (via Mudd on Trump transition: ‘A clown show’) (Source: https://www.youtube.com/)

Trump Fires Adviser’s Son From Transition for Spreading Fake News – The New York Times

Michael G. Flynn, the son of the pick for national security adviser, had posted on Twitter about a fake Hillary Clinton story that led to an armed encounter in a pizzeria. (via Trump Fires Adviser’s Son From Transition for Spreading Fake News – The New York Times) I guess we should all thank Trump for… Continue reading Trump Fires Adviser’s Son From Transition for Spreading Fake News – The New York Times

Trump’s Worst Enablers Are Establishment Republicans

Trump’s Worst Enablers Are Establishment Republicans

Trevor Noah didn’t “destroy” Tomi Lahren on The Daily Show. What he did was much better. – Vox

Lahren never gave him a straight answer. But he kept coming back to this point, asking her over and over again until it became clear as she just kept asking after Kaepernick and Black Lives Matters’ motivations that she doesn’t quite have a response to his question, after all. (via Trevor Noah didn’t “destroy” Tomi… Continue reading Trevor Noah didn’t “destroy” Tomi Lahren on The Daily Show. What he did was much better. – Vox

Fake News Weaponized

Thankfully, no one was hurt. But you may have heard that a man from Salisbury, North Carolina, Edgar Maddison Welch, shot up a pizza joint in Washington, DC today in an effort to ‘investigate’ the “Pizza Gate” conspiracy theory. What on earth is Pizza Gate, you may ask? It’s a Reddit-based far right conspiracy theory… Continue reading Fake News Weaponized

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@TBPInvictus here: In light of a recent monthly release from the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), time for a quick trip to the glorious pacific northwest and the Seattle, WA area to revisit what’s been happening there in the wake of that city’s rising minimum wage. You may recall that even prior to Seattle’s minimum…Read… Continue reading Untitled

After Democrats’ Losses, Nancy Pelosi Becomes a Symbol of What Went Wrong – The New York Times

Ms. Pelosi, who is expected to win re-election as House minority leader, has become a stand-in for complaints that Democrats have failed to court working-class voters. (via After Democrats’ Losses, Nancy Pelosi Becomes a Symbol of What Went Wrong – The New York Times) The boomers need to step aside for the good of the… Continue reading After Democrats’ Losses, Nancy Pelosi Becomes a Symbol of What Went Wrong – The New York Times